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Residential school abuse records must be re-examined for names of deceased: advocatesThe records made up the Independent Assessment Process, the protocol through which survivors had to access compensation for abuses they suffered as children.CanadaJul 24
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Residential school ‘denialists’ growing increasingly violent, special interlocutor warnsCanada has a role to play to combat this sentiment and that “urgent consideration” should be given to what legal tools exist to address the problem, Kimberly Murray says.CanadaJun 16
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Revised Indigenous child-welfare settlement going back to Canadian Human Rights TribunalThe deal includes an additional $3 billion that includes compensation for 13,000 more children and other amendments that both sides are hoping will satisfy the tribunal's concerns.CanadaApr 5
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Ottawa’s underfunding of Indigenous policing amounts to discrimination, services sayThe services, represented by the Indigenous Police Chiefs of Ontario, recently launched a complaint over the matter with Canadian Human Rights Tribunal.CanadaApr 3
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Vatican formally renounces Discovery Doctrine after decades of Indigenous demandsDuring Pope Francis’ 2022 visit to Canada, during which he apologized to Indigenous peoples for the residential school system, he was met with demands to renounce the papal bulls.CanadaMar 30
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Some landlords blocking residential school searches, government adviser saysThere is currently no federal law in place to protect suspected gravesites or grant communities access to land that is privately owned, Kimberly Murray says.CanadaMar 21
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Repatriated house post heading back to B.C. Indigenous First Nation from Harvard museumThe Museum of Northern British Columbia will care for the house post until the completion of the Gitxaała Cultural Center and Museum in 2024 in the village of Lax Klan.PerspectivesFeb 12
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Ottawa’s $2M contract for unmarked graves report lacks ‘transparency’: officialA spokeswoman for Miller's office said late Thursday that “agreements and documents will be shared when appropriate to do so, with input from all parties.”PoliticsFeb 10
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Ottawa to invest $39.4M to support Indigenous languages in northern territoriesThe funding is set to go to communities, organizations and governments to reclaim, revitalize, maintain and strengthen the languages.CanadaNov 25, 2022
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Federal government seeks $3B for Indigenous settlementsThe federal government is asking Parliament to set aside $3 billion in anticipation of several out-of-court settlements with Indigenous people.CanadaNov 17, 2022
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